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AGENDA
Community Services Committee Regular Meeting
4:00 PM - Thursday, October 13, 2016
Council Conference Room, 7th Floor, City Hall – 1055 S. Grady Way
1. South Renton Neighborhood Art Project
AB - 1769
2. Emerging Issues
AB - 1769
City Council Regular Meeting - 10 Oct 2016
SUBJECT/TITLE: South Renton Art Project
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Refer to Community Services Committee
DEPARTMENT: Community & Economic Development
STAFF CONTACT: Elizabeth Higgins, Senior Planner
EXT.: 6581
FISCAL IMPACT SUMMARY:
This request is to transfer the balance from the South Renton Reserve account in Fund 502, Insurance Fund, of
$50,000 to the CED Arts and Culture Capital Projects account to design, fabricate, and install artwork in the
South Renton neighborhood.
SUMMARY OF ACTION:
Construction of the Eastside Interceptor through South Renton in 2001 resulted in a Mitigation Agreement
between the City of Renton and King County (Eastside Interceptor Mitigation Funds, CAG-01-180). Funds from
this agreement ($500,000) were intended for use in the South Renton neighborhood to ameliorate impacts
from utility construction activities resulting in inconvenience to the community.
On April 16, 2001, the Transportation Committee recommended the use of the funds as follows:
Asphalt overlay of streets in the Burnett South
Renton Area
$75,000
Improvements study for intersection of S 4th St
and Burnett Ave S
$40,000
Reconstruct Lind Ave S from SW 43rd to SW
21st Streets
$325,000
Reserved for South Renton Projects Fund $60,000
Total $500,000
The City has received a letter from representatives of the South Renton Connection, a neighborhood
association recognized by the City. The letter requests that the remaining balance of the South Renton
Reserve account, money reserved for unspecified “South Renton Projects,” be made available for use by the
South Renton Connection. The purpose would be to design, fabrication, and installation of artwork in the
South Renton neighborhood.
As stated in the letter, the Renton Municipal Arts Commission and Renton History Museum will be engaged in
the process of determining the appropriate artwork. CED, as administrators of the City Center Community
Plan, which includes South Renton, will oversee and manage the project.
EXHIBITS:
A. South Renton Connection Letter
AGENDA ITEM #1.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the transfer of the balance from the South Renton Reserve account in Fund 502, Insurance
Fund, of $50,000 to the CED Arts and Culture Capital Projects account.
AGENDA ITEM #1.
growingleaders,buildinganeighborhoodSouthRentonConnectionPDBox1905RentonWA98057September26,2016DearMayorLaw,ThisletterisinregardstoaproposedSouthRentonConnectionNeighborhoodartandculturalproject.TheSouthRentonConnectionNeighborhoodAssociationhasworkedwiththeCityofRentonforanumberofyearstoutilizetheEastsideInterceptorMitigationFundthatwasassignedtoourneighborhood.Wearenowreadytomoveforwardwithaprojectandareaskingforyoursupport.AtthistimewerequestthattheEastsideInterceptorMitigationFundbeearmarkedandreleasedsothattheSouthRentonConnectionNeighborhoodcanproceedwiththeplanningofourproject.CurrentlyweareworkingwithElizabethHigginsandtheDept.ofCommunityandEconomicDevelopmentPlanningDivisiononthisprocess.WeareduetoattendtheRentonArtsCommissionMeetingonOctober4thandenlisttheirassistanceinplanningandexecutingthisproject.OncefundsbecomereleasedweintendtofullyengagebothTheRentonArtCommissionandtheRentonHistoryMuseuminrealizingourgoalforasignificantartprojectthatreflectstheculturalandhistoricalsignificanceofourneighborhood.Respectfully,SouthRentonConnectionArt-CulturalProjectCommitteeBarbaraMandicJeffDimccJayCovingtonC.E“Chip”VincentElizabethHigginsBetsyPratherAGENDA ITEM #1.
Contact@SouthRentonConnectionArtProjectSouthRentonhasahistoricopportunitytorecognizetheuniquenatureofourcommunity.ftisourgoaltoseizethisopportunityandcreateaquality,artisticrepresentationthathighlightsthecontributionsthatSouthRentonhasmadetoRenton.MISSIONSTATEMENTTheSouthRentonConnectionNeighborhoodAssociationiscommittedtotheestablishmentofasignificantpieceofpublicartdesignedtoacknowledgeandcelebratetheuniqueculturalandhistoricalcontributionsthattheSouthRentonCommunityhasmadeandwillcontinuetomakeinRenton.FromtheearlyoriginsofRenton,theSouthRentonCommunityhasbeenintricatelyrelatedtodowntownRenton.Itisourhopethatthisprojectwillcontinuethislongstandingrelationshipbyhelpingtocontributetotherevitalizationofourdowntown.CULTURALSTATEMENTRentonrepresentsoneofthemostdiversepopulationsinthestateofWashington.HistoricallytheSouthRentonCommunityhasprovidedaplaceforwavesofearlyimmigrantstobecameestablishedandprosper;atraditionwhichcontinuestoday,therebyaddingtoRenton’severchangingidentity.ItwasthecloseproximitytotheearlyjobsinRentonthatestablishedthediverseandmodestoriginofourSouthRentonCommunity.Acommunitythatwasbuiltondeep,strong,workingclassrootswhichhelpedtoestablishtheoriginalfoundationuponwhichRentonhasgrown.PossibleHistoricalacknowledgements•TheDuwamish•therailroads•thegreattrainwreckof1955•RentonGlassCompanyopenedin1904makingbottles•RentonMine,coalmine•RentonFireof1899destroyedalargenumberofhomes•Rentonfloodof1911•4cowbridge•CentralSchoolbuiltin1892atSouth5thbetweenWellsandMainAswemoveforwardwiththisprojectwewillbeseekingsupportfromboththeArtsCommissionandtheRentonHistoricalMuseumtofulfillourmissionofcreatingasignificantpieceofpublicarttoacknowledgethecontributionsofourSouthRentonCommunity.AGENDA ITEM #1.